Folk Lore Notes. Vol. II—KonkanJackson, A. M. T. (Arthur Mason Tippetts)
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Folk Lore Notes. Vol. II—Konkan
Jackson, A. M. T. (Arthur Mason Tippetts)
Folklore -- India
HUTÁSHANI: The pile arranged to be kindled at the festival of Holi.
I.
INA: An egg.
INÁM: A gift.
INDA: An egg-shaped vessel.
INDRA-DHANUSHYA: A rain-bow.
INDRAJIT: Name of a demon.
INDRAMAHOTSAVA: A festival celebrated in honour of the god Indra.
IRALE: A protection against rain made of the leaves of trees.
ISHTADEVATA: A chosen deity.
ITIDIO: A species of insects.
J.
JÁDI: Fat.
JADO: Fastened.
JÁDU: The black art.
JÁGRAN: The fifteenth day of the bright half of Ashádh.
JÁGRITI: Wakefulness.
JAIKHA: An order of ghosts.
JÁKHÁI: Name of a minor goddess.
JAKHANI: An order of semi-divine beings.
JAKHÁI-DEVI: Name of a minor goddess.
JAKHARA: Name of a minor goddess.
JAKHARO: An order of ghosts.
JÁKHIN: Spirit of a woman whose husband is alive.
JAKHMÁTA: Name of a minor goddess.
JAKRIN: Name of a deity residing in water.
JÁL: An order of ghosts; name of a tree.
JALACHAR: An order of evil spirits living in water.
JALADEVI: Water-goddess.
JALAJ: An order of ghosts.
JALA-JATRA: The ceremony of submerging the image of Shiva.
JALANDHAR: Name of a demon.
JALAP: A dream caused by cold.
JALDEVKI: Water-goddess.
JALOTSAVA: A water festival.
JAMBUVANT: One of the generals of Rama's army at the siege of Lanka
or Ceylon.
JAMBUVANTI: The daughter of Jambuvant.
JAMI: An order of ghosts.
JÁN: An order of ghosts.
JANAK: A king of Mahila, the foster-father of Sita.
JÁNAWE: A sacred thread.
JANGAM: A Lingáyat priest.
JANHU: Name of a mythological king.
JANJIRO: A black cotton thread with seven knots.
JANMÁSHTAMI: The eighth day of the dark half of Shrávan celebrated
as the birth-day of Krishna.
JANMA-SUWÁSINI: A woman who is perpetually unwidowed.
JANNI: Name of a minor goddess.
JANTRA: A mystical arrangement of words.
JAP: Repeating prayers in a muttering manner.
JAP-MÁL: A rosary.
JÁRAN: A kind of black art.
JARÁSANDH: Name of a demon.
JARI: Name of a goddess.
JARI-MARI: A goddess presiding over an epidemic or pestilential
disease.
JATA: Matted hair.
JATRA: A fair.
JATUPI: Name of a sage.
JAVA: Barley.
JAVÁLA: Tender wheat plants.
JETHA: The eighth month of the Gujarát Hindu calendar year.
JHAPAT: A sudden encounter.
JHOLÁI: Name of a goddess.
JIMP: An order of ghosts.
JINNI: An order of ghosts.
JINO: Small.
JINTHRO: Rugged.
JIREN: Cumin-seed.
JIVADHANI: Name of a goddess.
JIVI: Live.
JIVO: Live.
JOGÁI: Name of a goddess.
JOGANI: A female harpie.
JOGATA: A male child offered to the goddess Yallamma.
JOGATIN: A female child offered to the goddess Yallamma.
JOGAVA: Begging in the name of the goddess Amba.
JOGI: A male child offered to the goddess Máyáka.
JOGIN: A female child offered to the goddess Máyáka.
JUÁRI: A kind of corn.
JULEBI: A kind of sweet.
JUTHI: False.
JUVÁRI: A kind of corn.
JYESHTHA: The third month of the Deccani Hindu and the eighth month
of the Gujarát Hindu calendar year. Name of a constellation.
JYOTISH-SHÁSTRA: The science of astronomy.
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